Infant&#39;s folding bath stand and dressing table



Sept. 13, I949. C. T: DE PUY ETAL 2,481,577

INFANT s FOLDING BATH STAND AND DRESSING TABLE 2 Sheets- Sheet 1 Filed April 22, 1945- Ml/iam C Bax zer INVENTORS A TTORNE Y Sept. 13, 1949. c. T. DE PUY ET AL INFANTS FOLDING BATH STAND AND DRESSING TABLE Filed April 22, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 3m fim T01 5 m aw ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 13, 1949 U'NTITED STATES r sNT OFFICE.

INFANTSFQLDlNG BATH STAND AND nrgnssING TABLE" @harles DePuy, Brighton, and William C. Baxt r R ches er, N- as i n rs t 'Erimblc N r crahd u n tu nc R ch ste c iircrati inhf lc York Application April'22 1946. Serial No. 564,133

1 Claim. 01. s11 95 This invention relates to an infant's folding bath stand and dressing table of the type employins a metal. rossr ec ed colla stand with a flexible tub supported therebetween and a dressing table movably mounted on the stand, and it has for. its object to afford a practical, light weight, and durable construction in which he. le mes a m de o sh met l u a a uminum.

A more particular purpose of the invention is t af or a c n ru i n oi crc zlesse stand in which the legframes are formed of sheet metal of U-shaped or channeled cross-section, with the pen chann ls fa in nward r so a to. e nt a smoo e er and leas n appeara ce. and 9 pr ride h s e me a han e ss w h e o: n min and efil eh re n or n or bracing ele ments wh h m ar trength equa o r ea an a e o w d r solid on ru tio and pe m t pivo a y nne n he e rame d p ta u po t n the dressin ta le. on t e rear l af-r m s- Another object of the invention is to provide a cross-legged stand composed of metal legs of U-shaped cross-section with simple and practical adjusting means, permitting the height of the stand to be readily changed to. meet difierent requirements through individual adjustment of ach Still a further purpose of the invention is to provide a cross-legged stand composed of metal leg-frames of U-shaped cross-section, with simple means permitting proper spacing andpivotal connecting of adjacent legs whereby the legframes are foldable one'upon the other.

An additional object of the invention is to afiord a light weightstructur composed of sheet met -f e t a he ec hgreicah and readily producedand assembled m' ting the manufacture at su h. a meta s and at cost not greatly in excess or that 'ofwood:

To these and other ends, the invention 0011-. i ts in h const u tion and arran emeritv or Part that w l ap ear early r m the fol ow as des ptive when r ad i conjunction with he a mpany n drawin s. the n v ea eing ointed 0. .1 n. the. laims; following the hstl eet bn.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a view in end elevation of an infants folding bath stand and dressing table showing the application of the invention thereto, and with the dressing table in horizontal operative position;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged front elevation of a top corner. of the rear leg-frame, with the flexible, tub omitted;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on line 474 of; Fig. 3 looking in the direction indicated;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged view in elevation ofa top. corner of the front leg-frame, with the flex: ible tub omitted;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail sectional View taken centrally of the pivotal connection between the leg-frames;

Fig. '7 is an enlarged transverse sectional view on line ll of Fig. 1, looking in the direction indicated;

Fig. 8 is a longitudinal sectional View onthe. line 8-8 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction indi cated;

Fig. 9 is an enlarged side elevation of the bot: tom portion of one of the legs and its adjust able foot;

1.0 is an enlarged levation. nartiallr rohe away, of a portion of one of the legs and the brace rail connected thereto, and

Fig. 11 is a detail sectional view on line. H.711

. of Fig. 10.

Referring more particularly to the drawings in which like reference numerals refer to the, same parts throughout the several views, I and 2, des-- ignate the legs and 3, the top rail of the front leg-frame, preferably formed in egrally ofsheet metal such as aluminum and of U- -shaped crosssection with the open channel facing inwardly, while 4 and 5 designate the legs and 6 the top rail of the rear leg-frame, also formed of sheet metal such as aluminum, the top rail 6 preferably being a separate unit from the legs 4 and 5 and attached thereto by wooden corner bloclgs 1. nt

in operative position in Fig. 1', and 'can' be moved to upright position when the tub is in use, or

to a' downward position forwardly of thefront leg-frame when the stand is collapsed. The dressing table is operated from its upright position to its horizontal operative position by means of the actuating rod l2 that is pivoted to an extension I3 on one of the hinge plates lo, the other end of the actuating rod being pivotally 2, as shown in Fig. 6.

3 connected to a treadle I4 that is pivotally attached to the adjacent leg. l5 designates a spring attached at one end to the extension I3 of the hinge plate l0 and fastened at its lower end to the adjacent leg. The dressing table is limited. in its upward movement by means of the screen 1 generally incopending application Ser. No. 664,- 129, filed April 22, 1946, now Patent No. 2,467,467, 1 dated April 19, 1949 and the present invention f has to do more particularly with the structure of the leg-frames and leg-adjusting means which will now be described in detail.

The rear leg-frame is constructed in the manner described including a separate top rail united to the legs by means of wooden corner blocks l, and thus provides suitable supports for the hinge plates I0 on which the dressing table is mounted, and in order to pivotally connect the metal leg-frames to permit their folding, the several U-shaped legs are provided at their central portions with elongated wooden blocks l8 arranged in the channels of the legs, while 19 designates pivot pins or bolts extending through adjacent legs and their blocks I8. The bolts 19 are held in place bynuts 20 on their inner ends and.2l designates spacing washers between the wooden blocks l8 in the outer legs 4 and 5 and the outer surfaces of the inner legs I and 22 designates an article- 1 supporting tray pivotally mounted on the inner ends of the bolts" 19 and adapted to be sup ported in horizontal operative position by the pivotally mounted retaining devices 23, see Fig. 2. The top rails are braced and strengthened by which also serve to hold the tub in position, and

at their lower ends the legs are provided with elongated wooden blocks which are adjustable in the channels and which serve to strengthen the metal legs and also to act as adjustable feet to change the height of the tub and dressing table in relation to the floor when desired.

To accomplish this, each leg is provided with an elongated wooden block 25, as shown in Figs. 7

and 8, which is slotted at26 to receive the fasten ing bolt 21 extending through an opening in the adjacent wallof the metal leg and held in place by means of a wing nut 28 engaging the bolt-21 and the adjacent face of a lock washer 29 sur-' rounding the bolt 21 and located between the wooden block 25 and the wing nut 28. The afore mentioned treadle I4 is also preferably mounted on the adjacent fastening bolt 21 of the le which supports it; as shown in Fig. 8.

Withthis'construction, the height of the tub and dressing table can be varied by changing the elevation of the blocks 25, or supporting feet. at

the lower ends of the blocks 25. This is accomplished by loosening each wing nut 28 and moving the adjustable block 25 endwise of its leg until the desired elevation is attained, and then 'by tightening the nut '28, the adjustable block the wooden clamping strips 24 shown in Fig. 3,

brace rails 30 are held in place by angular retain:

ing plates including front portions 34 engaging the'bracing rails and secured by the screws 35 and end'walls 35 engaging the inner surfaces of the side walls of the legsand held in place by the fastening screws 31. The brace rails 30 are of sheet metal such as aluminum or other metal stock from which the leg-frames are constructed, and being attached at their ends to the legs in the manner described, afiord an efiieient, practical, and economical means for stiffening the legframes and imparting such rigidity as to prevent distorting, or unduetwisting of the frames so that the stand, while of light weight and possessing the advantages of aluminum, is as sturdy, durable,

wardly, a supporting foot'for each leg in the form of an elongated wooden braking block which fits V closely within the channel, said block being embraced on three sides and across substantially its I entire width bythe channel and acting to stiffen the latter, the block extending below the channel,

with its lower end freely engaging the floor, and having an elon ated slot therein permitting relative endwise adjustment of the block and leg, and

a fastening bolt extending through said slot in the.

block and through the leg at a point considerably above the bottom of the leg and holding the block by the frictional engagement between the block and the rear wall of the channel, the block being held in place solely by the boltand quickly'adjustable endwise of the leg by a straight line relative sliding movement upon loosening said bolt.

1 CHARLES T,'DE PUY. 1 WILLIAM C. BAXTER.

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